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View Tree for Thomas TalmageThomas Talmage (b. 1617, d. 1691)

Thomas Talmage (son of Thomas Talmage and Unknown Talmage) was born 1617 in England499, and died 1691 in East Hampton, NY. He married Elizabeth Bancroft on Abt. 1642499, daughter of John Bancroft and Joan Unknown.

 Includes NotesNotes for Thomas Talmage:
Was one of the nine original settlers of Maidstone, Now E.H., and a man of great prominence in the early history of the town. He was the first Recorder or Town Clerk, chosen 1650. His original Book of Records is still in a fine state of preservation. In "Chronicles of East Hampton" (1871) David Gardiner says of him: "he must have had a good education for that period, when in the mother country the teaching of grammar was held by agrarian --- a corrupting of the youth of the realm.'"

In 1655 Thomas Talmage was elected Lieutenant and later Captain of the Train Band (militia). Thompson's History of LI says: "Thomas Talmage was a man of superior education, polished manners, and great wit. During the reign of George I, he, with his wife, visited England, where they were entertained by the sovereign, spending a fortnight at Windsor."

In 1690 Thomas Talmage's property assessment exceeded all others in the settlement. He m. Elizabeth, daughter. John and Joan Bancroft of Lynn, probably before leaving MA: she died May 20, 1704. In Howell's History of Southampton is an entry "The widow Bancroft of Lynn gives unto Thomas Talmage and John Stratton this lot of land to keep, improve, and possess, 1664." Robert S. Talmage says that the Talmage and Stratton families were closely associated, and that Thomas Talmage and John Stratton married sisters.


More About Thomas Talmage and Elizabeth Bancroft:
Marriage: Abt. 1642499

Children of Thomas Talmage and Elizabeth Bancroft are:
  1. +Hannah Talmage, b. 1680, d. Nov 06, 1740.
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